[Verse 1] There's silver in the mirror But the boy still knows my name He grins through all the damage Like he never felt the pain My knees can tell the weather My hands have learned to shake But somewhere down beneath it There's a heart that won't behave [Pre-Hook] The engine's running ragged The needle's in the red But I ain't heard the last note And I ain't laid down yet [Hook] I'm too old to die young Too alive to call it done Still got a little wild in me Still turn my face into the sun There ain't no hand to hold me No miracle to come I'm hanging on for morning I'm too old to die young [Verse 2] I've buried friends behind me I carry them along Sometimes I hear them laughing In the spaces between songs I don't need another lifetime Just one sunrise, clean and slow One more coffee in the kitchen One more road I do not know [Pre-Hook] No medicine can promise No preacher knows the day There ain't a thing that's holding me But this stubborn will to stay [Hook] I'm too old to die young Too alive to call it done Still got a little wild in me Still turn my face into the sun There ain't no hand to hold me No miracle to come I'm hanging on for morning I'm too old to die young [Bridge] I ain't asking for forever I know better than to try Just one more blue horizon One more mercy in the sky And if the darkness comes to get me It can find me on my feet With the young man in this old skin Still raising hell in me [Bridge 2] Hope ain't much to live on But it's all I've got tonight So I'll wait here by the window For that first thin line of light [Final Hook] I'm too old to die young Too alive to call it done Still got a little wild in me Still turn my face into the sun There ain't no hand to hold me No miracle to come I'm hanging on for morning I'm too old to die young [Outro] Too old to die young Still waiting on the sun Ain't nothing keeping me going But I ain't ready to be gone No, I ain't ready to be gone [End] Lyrics © 2026 Paul Pfanner.
